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Mid North Coast · Pictures, dances & concerts

Pictures, dances & concerts, 1938

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Majestic Theatre This Week's Programmes

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 2

To-morrow night's programme promises excellent entertainment at the Majestic. "The Great Hospital Mystery" is a real life drama full of…

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Memorial Hall Pictures. "Uncivilized"—Next Saturday and

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 1

A great Australian picture is the big noise at the Memorial Town Hall. Wingham, on Saturday mid Monday, January 15th and 17th. This picture…

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S.a. Band to Play

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 7

Sunday afternoon music from A.B.C. radio stations is always high-class, always light and bright, and always varied. Next Sunday, January…

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Memorial Hall Pictures. "Uncivilized" — Next Saturday and

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 6

A great Australian picture is the big noise at the Memorial Town Hall, Wingham, on Saturday and Monday, January 15th and 17th. This picture…

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S.a. Band to Play

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 6

Sunday afternoon music from A.B.C. radio stations is always high-class, always light and bright, and always varied. Next Sunday's (Jan. l6) from 3.30…

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How Audiences Help to Mould Pictures

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 7

California has one institution that cannot be duplicated anywhere else in the world. It is the "preview" audience…

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The Oxley Theatre. "This'll Make You Whistle."

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 5

"This'll Make You Whistle," Jack Buchanan's latest comedy for Herbert Wiicox productions, is a deliciously daring musical, crammed full…

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Majestic Theatre This Week's Programmes

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 2

Swinging merrily along to the tune of the best songs ever written by the greatest writer of songs in the world, "On the Avenue," which will be the…

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Theatre Landing Collapses. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 5

About ten people were injured last night when a landing near the fire escape collapsed at the Stanmore Theatre, Stanmore. During the…

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Excitement at Picture Theatre. Sydney. Tuesday

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 2

Seven young women were injured when the platform adjoining the Ladies Lounge at Stanmore Picture Theatre collapsed. They fell about 12 feet to…

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Landing Collapses at Stanmore Theatre Girls Fall 10Ft. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 2

About ten people were injured last night when a landing near a fire escape collapsed at the Steamore Theatre, Stanmore, during the interval. A…

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W. McMAHON BALL, M.A.

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 7

The "International Affairs" talk next Sunday night, January 23rd, at 6.30, will be in the capable hands of Mr. W. McMahon Ball, M.A., who…

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The Oxley Theatre

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 5

The Triumph of the Ages, Universal's 1936 musical drama, "Show Boat," the grandest show you have ever known, is coming to the Oxley…

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Majestic Theatre. This Week's Programmes

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 2

The romance of a girl who wanted to marry for money and a millionaire who wanted to marry for love forms the basis of "Smartest Girl in…

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Band Notes

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 3

Our Bandmaster, Mr. R. Nicholls, has been selected to play with a Newcastle Band in the Sesqui Centenary Band Contest for the State…

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"Empire Village" Concerts

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 7

Next Tuesday, February 1st, at 8 p.m., and on the Thursday following at 9.15, there will be broadcasts on national No. 1 programme presenting…

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"The Rttz Theatre." Tuesday and Wednesday. "Wee Willie Winklt."

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 4

You'll know you're seeing one of the greatest pictures ever made when the rifles crack and the tribesmen raid ; when the bagpipes skirl and the…

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The Oxley Theatre. This Saturday and Monday. a Delightful Programme

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 5

The comedy rage of the stage—now the scream of the screen, "Please Teacher," will be shown at the Oxley Theatre on this Saturday and…

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"Empire Village" Concerts

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 2

Next Tuesday (Feb. 1) at 8 p.m., and o the Thursday following at 9.15 there will be broadcasts on National No. 1 programme presenting concerts from…

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Majestic Theatre. This Week's Features

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2

Marooned by the blizzard in a mountain lodge, with only a stuffed moose as chaperon and caviar and crackers for food—that's the…

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